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' J. NEALE. SLIVBR FORMING AND SPINNING MBGHANISM.

No. 541,003. Patented JuneQl, 1895.

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(No Moden.) J. NEALB. SLIVER FORMING AND SPINNING llIEGHANISM'.

No; 541,003. Y Patented June 11,1895..

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Arnim @ritten JAMES NnALn-or BROOKLYN, NEwYonK, Assienon oF ONE-HALF Tow. oscARsHADBoL'r, or SAME PLACE.

sLlvER FoRMlNG ANDSPINNING MEcHANlsM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 541,003, dated J' une11, 1895. Y

Application filed March 28. 1894. Renewed May 16, 1895. Serial No.549,591. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES NEALE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ot' New York,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sliver Forming andSpinning Mechanisms, of which the following is a specication.

My inventionrelates to means for laying or '1Q feeding the fiber, informing the sliver to be spun into yarn destined to be employed incordage.

According to the old method of feeding the ber tothe spinning machine ordevice, the x5 operator wrapped about his waist a mass of l the combedfiber, as hemp, manila, &c., and after engaging the bight ot' a portionof the fiber with the rotating vhook of the twisting machine he 4walkedbackward, feeding thebights of vportions of the ber, as he proceededinto the twisting sliver. sitated much physical labor and skill in orderno'produce good, uniform yarns of considerable length. Later, methodswere adopted manner, and automatically, to the sliver, but with thismethod my present invention has nothing to do. lt relates to the methodwherein the-bight of the fiber is fed into the sliver and yarn.'

The invention consists, essentially, in the employment of areciprocating hook on which the operator-hooks the bight of a portion ofber, this hook carrying lthe portion into the sliver which is beingdrawn through a guide by the drawing and spinning apparatus,usuallycalled a jenny.

In the accompanying drawingslhave shown an embodiment of my invention.

Figure 1 is a side elevation vof the apparatus, the sliver-forming andfiber-feeding portion thereof, wherein the invention lies, being vinlongitudinal vertical section in the plane indicated byline 1 1 in Fig.3. Fig. 2 is a plan of the sliver-forming portion of the apparatus, andFig. 3 is an end view of the same. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of onesection of the sliver-guide. Fig. 5 is a side View of the sliver-formingportion of the apparatus on a smaller scale than the principal figures,showing how it may be driven from a This neces for feeding the fiber inan entirely differentY counter-shaft. This view shows that side seen atthe left in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 represents in side elevation and plan thereciprocating hook-bar and hook detached and on a larger scale than theprincipal views.

X represents a table, bench, or frame of anyA kindfor supporting thesliver-forming and twisting mechanism. r

A represents, as a whole, the sliver-forming 6o mechanism, and B, thejenny, or twisting mechanism. This latter is a known and common deviceof which there are many modified forms, I having shown such a device inFig. 1 merely to enable the operation of the-whole apparatus to be thebetter understood.

The sliver-forming portion ot' the apparatus consists of a few essentialparts which may be combined and operated in various ways. I have shown asatisfactory construction which I will now describe. A

A block, a, has formed in it a bore or passage, b, (Fig. 4) which formsa guide for the sliver, 5c. This guide is aligned with the axis of .thejenny B, which twists the sliver and forms the yarn, fr. In the block a,above the guide b, is formed a slot, c, (Fig. 4) to receive apressure-plate, d, the lower edge of which rests on the sliver, and outhe crown of this plate rests a lever, e, which is fulcrumed on theblock a, and has an adjustable weight,f. This device forms a tensiondevice for the yarn. Mountedin a guide-slot, g, (Fig. 4) beloW the guideb, is a reciprocating hook-bar, h, on the end of which is formed a hook,h'. Reciprocatol'y motion may be imparted to vthe hook-bar h, by anysuitable mechanism. As here 'shown the bar is coupled to the yoke, t',of an eccentric, l,tixed on a shaft,j,driven through the medium of apulley, k, and belt, m, from a counter-shaft, n, as seen in Fig. 5.

vThe operation may be conducted as follows: The operator, with the berat hand, or wound about hisv body, stands' at the end of the apparatusseen at the left in Fig. 1; that is, where the hook h', is situated. Theoperavtionof spinning `the yarn being practically IOO and out, while thedrawing and twisting mechanism draws the sliver through the sliverguide.At each protrusion of the hook-bar the operator places the bight of asmall portion of the fiber over the hook h', and on its return movementthe hook carries this fiber .into the axis of the sliver at the mouth ofthe guide. When the hook again moves out to the position seen in dottedlines in Fig. 1, it leaves the portion of ber already carried in, whichbecomes at once consolidated with the sliver. Although only a part ofthe apparatus is illustrated in the plan View, Fig. 2, I have showntherein the position of the incrementof ber on the hook and the iiberofthe sliver as the latter is drawn from the mass about the body of theoperator. To avoid obscuring the mechanism in this figure I have notshown the yarn issuing from the guide at the right in the figure. Thejenny B, maybe driven from the same countershaft that drives thehookbar, but the mode of driving is not material to my invention. It isonly necessary that the hook-bar shall moveimwithsufficientrapiditytosupplytheproperamount of fiber to the sliver beingformed.

For con veuience of construction I make the block (L, in two halves orsections, one of which is shown detached in Fig. 4. This sectionalconstruction, however, is not essential to my invention.

I have shown the reciprocating hook h', as carried by a bar slidinglongitudinally in a guide-slot in the block a, but as it is onlyessential that it shall move or vibrate to and fro from the mouth orentrance of the sliverguide to a point out far enough for the operatorto place the bight of the increment of fiber over it, it will not benecessary teem'- ploy for the purpose the particular hook-vibratingmechanism herein shown.

I have shown a hook 7L', as a vibrating libercarrier, but any equivalentdevice for seizing the increment of fiber and carrying it into thesliver will serve. A hook is a simple and efficient device in themachineas here shown.

To avoid misunderstanding, I would say that what I denominate the sliveris that portion ot the measured fiber here shown as in the sliver-guide,and which is prepared for twisting into yarn.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a sliver-forming andspinning mechanism, the mechanism for forming the sliver, comprising asliver-guide, a tension device for the sliver in theguide, means fordrawing the sliver longitudinally through the guide as formed byincrements of ber added thereto, a reciprocating hook having its pathaligned with the sliver-guide and terminating in the mouth of saidguide, and mechanism for im parting a reciprocating movement to saidhook, substantially as set forth.

2. In a sliver-forming and spinning mechanism, the combination with adrawing and spinning mechanism, of a sliver-guide, atension device forthe sliver in the guide, a reciprocat ing fiber-feeding hook arrangedadjacent to the mouth of said guide, the path of said hook beingsubstantially aligned with said guide, and mechanism for imparting thereciprocatory movement to said hook, as set `forth.

3. In a sliver-forming and spinning mechanism, the combination with adrawing and spinning mechanism of a sliver-guide, a tension device forthe sliver, a hook-bar h, mounted in a guide parallel with thesliverguide and provided with liber-feeding hook 7L', situated adjacentto the mouth 'of the sliver-guide, and mechanism for imparting areciprocatory movement tothe said hook-bar, as Set forth.

4. A sliver-forming mechanism comprising a tubular sliver-guide, avibrating tiberfeeder, the path of which is aligned with said guide andterminates in the mouth of the same, means for imparting vibrations tosaid feeder and means for drawing the sliver through its guide inproportion as increment of fiber is added thereto, whereby a continuoussliver is formed, as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JAMES NEALE.

WVitnesses:

HENRY CONNETT, JAS. KING DUFFY.

